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Meaning of rivet

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rivet
      n 1: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as
           on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: {stud}, {rivet}]
      2: heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being
         hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces
         that are fastened together
      v 1: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
           studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {concentrate},
           {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {pore}, {rivet}]
      2: fasten with a rivet or rivets
      3: hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull
         riveted the paleontologists"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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